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Indonesia Blocks More Extremist Websites

Two dozen sites blocked this week bring total since Jan. 14 terror attacks in Jakarta to 35

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Resty Woro Yuniar

Jan. 26, 2016 5:11 a.m. ET

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia this week blocked access to a further two dozen extremist websites, following President Joko Widodo’s call last week to diminish Islamic State’s online propaganda in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

The Communication and Information Technology Ministry this week blocked 24 websites that had been reported by Internet users, Minister Rudiantara told The Wall Street Journal Tuesday. That brings to 35 the number blocked since an Islamic State-linked terrorist attack in downtown Jakarta on...

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